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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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The 12-year-old who halted COP28 | It is indicative of the world's total systemic failure to slow climate change that a child feels she must do the job of adults. (heated.world)
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[–] LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

When I was on school I didn't understand the quote of that one native American, that said we borrow the planet from our children.

That's actually a powerful quote. Yet so many seem to look after exactly one thing: gain more money at any cost.

This downward spiral is hard to take for me. But I try my best to do the right thing as much as I am able to. But I'm also limited.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

the great ~~men~~ people tried to think of how their actions would affect the next 7 generations

the great turtle island was tamed by 1491 and made wild again in 1492

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

7 generations. Everything we do should be with the understanding of what it will do for 7 generations later.